Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 03:50:41 -0500 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: Rainer Frohnhvfer <rfrohn@ibm.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on a Multia Message-ID: <37D0DD61.D67B2CC1@airnet.net> References: <199908211122.NAA18179@noses.com> <37D06627.21527792@ibm.net>
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Rainer Frohnhvfer wrote: > > Achim Patzner wrote: > > > : From what I've recently learned, using a Multia is a Really Bad Idea. > > : Yes, they are cheap, but that's the ONLY good thing about them. Both > > [snip] > > Mine died after I tried installing NetBSD (which doesn't really mean that > > NetBSD is that bad an OS 8-) ). I paid about USD 60 for each hour it ran. > > But as the NetBSD people (obviously - they started quite a bit earlier) had > > lots of them they started repairing them (better: improving their health 8-) > > ). > > > > Take a look in the NetBSD/alpha archives to find out more about un-frying > > Multias. > > > > To say something positive, mine (a 233 one) has been running 24/7 for months > without trouble. And with floppy and internal 2.5" hd, on the vertical stand. I cheated horribly. I've bolted a 24V fan to the stock fan. My Multia doen't run hot anymore :-). -- Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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